Man who led Michael Schumacher rescue group opens up about discovering driver on French slopes

The rescuer in control of the operation to get Michael Schumacher off a mountain aspect within the French Alps have revealed how he noticed the stone that hit the Formulation One champion’s head.

Stephane Bozon, the person in control of rescuing Michael Schumacher, has opened up on the aftermath of the devastating snowboarding accident in 2013.

He has spoken for the primary time concerning the horrific scene rescuers noticed when the group arrived on the web site in Combe de Saulire within the French Alps.

The seven-time Formulation One champion is at the moment present process intensive care in his residence in Lake Geneva, Switzerland, following the accident precisely 5 years in the past the place he suffered critical mind harm.

Mr Bozon described the issue in attending to the previous Ferrari driver as a result of powerful mountain terrain.

Ferrari Formulation One driver world champion, Michael Schumacher, skis in Madonna di Campiglio, on January 2004

He instructed German journal FOCUS: ‘The primary responders solely mentioned that as a result of the accident web site was subsequent to the slope, it was troublesome for them to move him fastidiously and cautiously.

Mr Bozon added: ‘It solely takes a couple of minutes from the helicopter base in Courchevel to Meribel.

‘I nonetheless do not forget that the emergency medical doctors of the helicopter had issues with the primary care on the slopes due to the placement of the accident.

‘That is one more reason why they determined to fly to Môutiers first to stabilise him.

‘The particular factor was that it had snowed so little within the days earlier than that the stones have been barely coated with snow, however solely with a really skinny blanket of snow. He couldn’t see the stone.

‘But when it had snowed extra, Schumacher would in all probability simply have glided over the primary stone.

‘The operator of the ski resort isn’t at fault. As a result of for those who go off the slopes, it’s at your personal threat.’

In April 2014, Schumacher awoke and was taken from the hospital in Grenoble to a non-public location, believed to be his home close to Lake Geneva, the place he’s being cared for.

It’s thought that Michael is being tended to by a group of 15 physicians who present round the clock care at a price of £115,000-per-week.

On the time of his launch from hospital, his spouse Corinna issued a press release asking for assist in ‘our joint battle alongside Michael’, however mentioned she wouldn’t be talking additional and requested for privateness.

The couple married in 1995 after assembly at a Ferrari social gathering, and have two kids collectively: Gina-Maria, 21, and Mick, 19, who races Formulation Three.

Mick gained the Formulation Three championship with a race to spare final month, and can now make the transfer to Formulation Two with Italian group, Prema in 2019.

Michael’s supervisor Sabine Kehm usually points the uncommon statements on behalf of the household to the press, whereas his attorneys converse on his behalf in courtroom.

In feedback from 2016, which have solely been revealed this week, Khem mentioned Schumacher ‘secretly dreamed’ of disappearing from public life.